Write to Publish – BE THERE

Hey All, I assume most of the people reading this blog are interested in things literary. Why else would you be reading this? All I talk about is books! So let’s talk about books. And publishing. And graphic novels. And acquisitions. And agents. And young adult writing. And…..everything else? I can’t talk about everything and [...]

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Literary Journal Marketing

I’m going to be honest – at some level, I’m using this blog as my own personal sounding board. I write about what I’m thinking about, what’s bothering me, and what I need to figure out for Ooligan Press, for The Grove Review, for Carol White Marketing, or for my job. Right now, I’m trying [...]

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Distribution for Small Press/Journal – Good Enough?

The Grove Review is looking for a new distributor, and I’m having trouble finding one. I’ve sent out lots of emails to other literary journals and magazines in the Northwest, asking for recommendations, but many of the responses I’ve gotten are: Yes, we have a distributor; We use  _______; And NO, we can’t recommend them. [...]

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The Grove Review Volunteers/Interns Needed

As I mentioned before in an earlier post, I am now the Managing Editor of The Grove Review, a local literary journal, and I’m very excited about it. I started working with The Grove in October, as an intern, but it quickly became apparent to me that The Grove needed someone who was a little [...]

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My Resistance to Twitter is Getting Weaker

While I’m still skeptical about Twitter’s ability to sell any books for publishers, I can’t really deny that Twitter is supporting the “cult of personality” type following that authors now enjoy. It seems like an author’s book doesn’t matter as much as their online presence and persona. If publishers could make money every time someone [...]

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The Grove Review

Hey All, Sorry I didn’t post anything yesterday. I’ve been a little busy, but I hope to post something at least once a day in the future! As always, I’m happy to post things that are happening in the Portland literary community. But, here’s some great personal news! First, this blog just got named a [...]

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Twitter? Still Skeptical

I have to admit I’ve been very reluctant to join Twitter. It seems silly to post about everything and anything, in short spurts. As this blog shows, I usually have more than a couple sentences worth of whatever to say. But apparently, I’m wrong to doubt the effectiveness of Twitter  - it’s a great way [...]

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Some Publishing Predictions

I was reading Booksquare today, and I noticed an old post from Nov. 2009 called Trendwatching 2010, and I wanted to add my two cents (per usual). Here’s a couple predictions about how publishing will evolve in the next couple years or so. 1) E-books will be huge (duh!) and BOTH the Kindle and the [...]

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